one and the same

idiom

: one person or thing and not two

The restaurant's owner and chef are one and the same (person).

Examples of one and the same in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web The blood is procured when a stray kitten scratches her, becoming her familiar—the witch and the childless cat lady are one and the same. —

Jessica Winter, The New Yorker, 19 Oct. 2024 But while the specific character of Vidal isn’t found in the comics, Lady Death is—and there’s plenty of evidence to back up the theory that LD and RV are one and the same. —

Kathleen Walsh, Glamour, 26 Sep. 2024 There is an extremely low probability that two completely different documents will generate one and the same hash, however, and that poses a security risk. —

Manon Bischoff, Scientific American, 15 Aug. 2024 Yes, the scales are vastly different, but, to me, the essence is one and the same. —

Kyle Denis, Billboard, 16 Sep. 2024 See all Example Sentences for one and the same

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